Results from Copa Del Rey, Coppa Italia annd German Cup
Real Madrid, on Tuesday, cruised through to their 39th Copa del Rey final after two early Cristiano Ronaldo penalties killed off any hope of a Club Atlético de Madrid revival, with Los Colchoneros already trailing their city rivals 3-0 following the first leg at the Santiago Bernabéu.
Ronaldo scored his first goal after being fouled in the seventh minute, and produced another to make it 2-0 on 17 minutes following a clumsy challenge on Gareth Bale.
Real Sociedad de Fútbol will face FC Barcelona and must overturn a 2-0 deficit at home if they are to qualify for the final on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, in the Coppa Italia, ACF Fiorentina took their place in the final after beating Udinese Calcio 2-0 at home to overturn a 2-1 first-leg deficit.
The Viola went ahead after 14 minutes with a superb volley from left-back Manuel Pasqual. Antonio Di Natale headed against the post for Udinese, and Vincenzo Montella’s side pressed their advantage just after the hour with another great strike, this time by Juan Cuadrado. In added time, Udinese had Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu and Maurizio Domizzi sent off but still went close to taking the game to extra-time.
SSC Napoli trail 3-2 going into the home leg of their semi-final against AS Roma tomorrow, with the victors to meet six-time winners Fiorentina in the 3 May final.
Borussia Dortmund are the first team to qualify for this season’s German Cup semi-finals with a 1-0 at Eintracht Frankfurt, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang heading the winner after Sebastian Kehl flicked on a Henrikh Mkhitaryan corner with seven minutes left.
The remaining quarter-finals will be played on Wednesday:
Bayer 04 Leverkusen v 1. FC Kaiserslautern
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim v VfL Wolfsburg
Hamburger SV v FC Bayern München